Adventures in Real Estate: Part I

My wife and I have started looking to buy a little place of our own so that we can get out of the rental market. So far we've found two places that we thought were nice enough to buy, but the big city market has shown us some of its uglier sides.

Sid Dickens Spring 2011 Preview Review

Starting on January 6th the Sid Dickens company released photos of the new collection (Through the Looking Glass) one tile per day. I wish I could say something nicer than, "I love that they teased us for nine straight days" with the previews. I am underwhelmed and worried that Sid has lost his muse.

Here are the nine tiles and my initial thoughts, as well as some sober second thoughts about the entire collection and the direction Sid appears to be heading.

Sid Dickens Addictions are Contagious

It turns out that the serious addiction problem people have with collecting Sid Dickens Memory Blocks is highly contagious. Once people see the tiles, they have to get their own.

Playing Blocks IV

I spoke too soon when I said I wouldn't bother getting Piano Keys for a while yet!

Playing Blocks III

We did some birthday shopping and got two more blocks. At the time it was retiring, now it is retired, Imperial Column and ongoing favourite French Crest. This whittles my list of current tiles that I desire down to one: Piano Keys. However, the display only leaves space for pairs, quartets and sextuplets, so I'm going to hold off on Piano Keys until it has a partner, and the partner has to be something that goes with Trans, since that is the block that will be displaced from the living room display by the move of Musical Notation and the introduction of Piano Keys. My current wishlist of retired tiles doesn't really offer any options here either:

1. T30 German Script
2. T64 Roulette
3. T82 A (Aristocrat)
4. T89 Trademark
5. PQ9 Stripe
6. PQ10 Stripe with Script and Seal
7. PQ11 Medieval Script